I find science-based flaws in the conventional theory of evolution. Response: You are a religious fanatic.

Barack Obama’s policies are seriously flawed. Response: You are a racist.

I favor legal gay unions but object to calling it marriage. Response: You are homophobic.

Blacks are disproportionately jailed because they disproportionately commit more crimes due to lack of fatherhood. Response: You are racist.

It is inappropriate to use insurance to pay for life’s routine consummables like birth control pills. Response: You are waging war on women.

Anthony Jeric

Hendersonville

Divided nation

To the editor: We often hear the words of Abraham Lincoln: “Government of the people, by the people, for the people … .”

I, and many others, have lamented the fact that we have betrayed our democratic form of government by allowing it to fall into the hands of powerful private interests.

Who could deny that democracy in the USA is all but dead?

It seems to me that the sine qua non for having a healthy democracy is for each of us to take responsibility for each other. We are the ones responsible for this government. We cannot have a democracy unless we respect each other and are willing to stand up for each person’s rights. Presently, we seem to be more interested in our own welfare than that of our fellow citizens.

Where there is injustice, poverty, bigotry, greed, and need for education or health care, we are responsible to see that these conditions are corrected fairly and with kindness and compassion.

If we catch that “sickness” individually, that makes us unhealthy as a nation. We need to find a remedy for it immediately. We are a seriously divided nation, playing the deadly game of Russian roulette with partisan politics and religion.

Don Keefauver

Hendersonville

Raising the bar

To the editor: Having lived in Hendersonville most of my life, I have attended countless plays at the Flat Rock Playhouse through the years. I have seen many wonderful performances, but I have never seen a production that equals “Les Miserables.”

I had been told to get ready to be astounded, but I was not ready for what I saw. Each and every performer, the set, lighting, costumes and orchestra made for an evening of entertainment that I would never have expected to see at a theater in our area and one that I will never forget.

Congratulations to the Flat Rock Playhouse for raising the bar so high and treating us to a very big-city show here in our town. Do not let this opportunity pass you by. Go see “Les Miserables.”

Betty Nanney

Hendersonville

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